Crime & Safety

Police Bust Oak Creek Car-Surfing Girls On Christmas: Report

Police in Oak Creek said they busted a group of car-surfing girls on Christmas night in the Meijer parking lot.

Police said each of the girls' parents were notified of the car surfing and the girls were warned about their unsafe actions.
Police said each of the girls' parents were notified of the car surfing and the girls were warned about their unsafe actions. (Scott Anderson, Patch Staff)

OAK CREEK, WI — Police in Oak Creek said they busted a group of car-surfing girls on Christmas night in the Meijer parking lot.

According to Oak Creek police call logs, a security guard at Meijer called police at just before 8 p.m. on Dec. 25, saying that four or five girls were car surfing on the top of a black Toyota Camry in the parking lot.

When an officer went out to the Meijer to investigate, the officer learned that the teens were on their way to "Candy Cane Lane" and decided to drive into the Meijer parking lot to take turns riding on the roof of the vehicle.

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Oak Creek Police call logs state that the security guard followed them around while also calling Oak Creek police. When one of the girls noticed the security guard behind them, one of the girls got out of the vehicle and yelled at the security guard.

When police investigated, they also smelled marijuana in the car. A police drug-sniffing dog was called to the scene. Although the dog detected the odor of marijuana, nothing was found, and the car's occupants said the marijuana was from someone who had earlier driven the car.

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Police said each of the girls' parents were notified of the car surfing and the girls were warned about their unsafe actions.

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